By Lisa Wellington
Q: Good morning, so tell me Kevin, what made you want to run for Sherman City Council again?
KC: Simply put, I want to serve and I am thrilled to have the chance to go back to work for the citizens of Sherman and continue to help implement conservative reforms on the council as I did before. I think Sherman voters want results. I’m an experienced leader who knows the ins and outs of the job, and I won’t require on-the-job training to get right back to work.
Q: So update us, what about your life has changed the most since you last served on the council?
KC: Well, where do I start? I have lost 150 pounds since I last served. I was elected when I was 26 years old, so right out of the gate I would say seven years of maturing and growing up would be the first obvious choice. Not only that, but learning how to pick my battles and focus on producing the right results would be my main answer to that question.
As I’ve grown in my life and, most importantly, my faith in Christ, I’ve come to prioritize to the best of my human capacity, also known as my “sinner” capacity, focusing on issues that ultimately bring Him the glory and advance the agenda and values of our Sherman citizens. At the end of the day, these are my top priorities.
I also sold my company CBC Creative in 2018, but recently got the chance to take it back over.
I would also be remiss to say that getting engaged to the love of my life, Kathryn, or as I call her “Kat,” has also been a welcomed change. As of a few days ago, I’m thrilled to have her as my fiancé and soon to be wife. We’re excited to root our future in Sherman.
She truly is my better half already. Just wait until you meet her; she’s way cooler than me.
Q: I can’t wait to meet her. She sounds lovely. So, what are your priorities for council this go round?
KC: My priorities are definitely going to be much like they were last time; be an advocate for our taxpayers, repeal taxes when we can––like I did with the job tax. And I want to see the downtown economic program I created come back. We had 13 businesses receive an incentive and over half of them are still in business today. That was an obvious success.
I also want to focus on finding a solution to better improve our downtown infrastructure. As a property owner/business owner there, it’s not a secret that Downtown Sherman has some issues to address if we want to see revitalization there.
I also just want to champion conservative values. Our country needs elected officials with common sense, a good values system, and the will to work hard and get stuff done.
Q: Switching gears to when you served before you had to resign your seat in September of 2017 to run for state representative, tell me about that and why you did it. Do you regret that?
KC: Ha, I knew you were going to ask this question.
If you want to run in a primary and serve, we should let elected officials do so with no resignation and may the best man win. As we know, most politicians are cowards and just want to protect their incumbency. So here we are…But, no, I don’t regret it. I was young. I was eager to serve and I’m not ashamed of this.
I do want to run for state representative again and plan to when the time is right. Until then I will support my friend Reggie Smith, as I have witnessed first hand during this session how good of a job he’s doing for us and the rest of Texas down there.
Q: That’s really cool that you can call a former opponent a friend and praise their efforts. Do you have anything else you want to add?
KC: Yes, it is pretty rare unfortunately, but I love Reggie and our leaders who are doing a great job for Sherman and Grayson County. No, I’m just excited to have the opportunity to earn the vote of our citizens, have my company CBC Creative back, and Kathryn moving here to start our family after our wedding. This is truly an exciting time for my life in Sherman. I hope to have your votes!
